S Dilip Roy

Farmers in the Rangpur region have become enthusiastic to cultivate tobacco on more land this year after making profits from selling tobacco last year..The representatives of seven domestic and foreign tobacco companies are also reportedly encouraging local farmers to expand tobacco cultiv

Regnam Builders-Penta Global, a joint venture, was the previous lessee for a contract value worth Tk 48,54,54,654 for three years

Despite a significant drop in coriander yield due to untimely rains this year, farmers are reaping unexpected profits as prices surge.

The construction of a bridge over the Ratnai river in the Durakuti area on Lalmonirhat-Moghalhat road has stalled, creating significant challenges for local residents and traders.

Prices of vegetables and leafy greens have escalated in markets across Rangpur division due to disruption in supply following recent heavy rains

Born with no hands and asymmetrical legs, he achieves Golden GPA-5 in HSC exams

40 unions across 13 upazilas in Lalmonirhat, Kurigram, Rangpur, Gaibandha, and Nilphamari are part of the Teesta shoal region

Rakibuzzaman Ahmed, son of former Social Welfare Minister Nuruzzaman Ahmed, has allegedly occupied around 70 decimals of Bangladesh Railway land in Kaliganj upazila, Lalmonirhat, to build an entertainment park.

A canal of Bangladesh Water Development Board has allegedly been encroached by a local influential in Kurigram’s Rajarhat upazila for fish farming.

Construction of an embankment on Teesta river was completed on June 30 in Gobordhan area of ​​Mahishkhocha union under Aditmari upazila of Lalmonirhat.

Recent floods have wreaked havoc on fish farms across Kurigram and Lalmonirhat, with floodwaters sweeping away fish and fish fries worth Tk 6 crore from 3,550 ponds and enclosures.

Is it a vast river, or a habitable land?

A section of local influential people allegedly grabbed a portion of Mahendranagar Canal on government’s land in Nakhenda area of Kurigram’s Rajarhat upazila for a fish farming project.

The Department of Archaeology had published a gazette notification on August 1, 2022 mentioning that it would take measures to preserve the Puran Jame Masjid, a Mughal-era mosque in Saptibari Gilabari village under Lalmonirhat’s Aditmari upazila.

Hundreds of families in Kurigram’s shoal areas have been facing untold sufferings amid deteriorating flood situation.

The ongoing flood situation in Kurigram has deteriorated further as the water levels of the Brahmaputra, Dudhkumar, and Dharla rivers started rising again in 12 hours till yesterday morning.

With the ongoing flood already making the lives of Kurigram residents miserable, more downpour further added to their woes.

Farmers have suffered significant losses due to the ongoing flood in Kurigram, as around 6,500 hectares of agricultural land -- including Aman seedbeds and vegetable fields -- have been under water over the past week.

A family in Kurigram’s Nageshwari upazila is devastated after two sisters were electrocuted by a submerged live cable during the recent floods.

Women from Rajpur, Khuniagach, and Gokunda unions along the Teesta river in Lalmonirhat Sadar upazila have been crafting jute braids for the past five years to supplement their family incomes.